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La nuit americaine [videorecording] = Day for night /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2521BD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion Collection (Firm) ; 769.Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]Beginning or single date created: 1973.Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681430348
  • 1681430347
Other title:
  • Title on container: Day for night
Uniform titles:
  • Nuit américaine (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .D39 2010
Production credits:
  • Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué.
  • Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, J.F. Stevenin, Pierre Zucca.Summary: The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film?
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Blu-Ray Blu-Ray Carleton University, AVRC Blu-ray Disc (Requires Blu-ray Player) SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00447 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050314667
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).

Special features: New 2K digital restoration; new English subtitle translation; Trailer; Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics. Plus: an essay on container insert "Are movies magic?" by film scholar David Cairns.

Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.

In French with optional English subtitles.

Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.

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